F. M. Kotwal
Articles by F. M. Kotwal
- KUSTĪG
KUSTĪG, the Pahlavi term (Pers. kusti, košti, Guj. kustī) used to designate the “holy cord or girdle” worn around the…
- ĀTAŠ-ZŌHR
ĀTAŠ-ZŌHR, or ātaš-zōr (Persian zōr-e ātaš, a Middle Persian term for the Zoroastrian ritual offering to fire of fat from…
- ĀTAŠ NIYĀYIŠN
ĀTAŠ NIYĀYIŠN, the fifth in a group of five Zoroastrian prayers (niyāyišn), which is addressed to fire and its divinity…
- ĀLĀT
ĀLĀT (plural of Arabic āla), “utensils,” for Parsis the “sacred apparatus” employed in Zoroastrian rituals. Once consecrated, they function to…
- ĀFRĪN
ĀFRĪN “blessing,” benedictory prayers said at the conclusion of every Zoroastrian ceremony of blessings (āfrinagān). The purpose of these prayers…
- HAMĀZŌR
HAMĀZŌR, a Zoroastrian-Persian adjective meaning “of the same strength” (< OP/Av. hama-, AirWb, col. 1773, and OP *zavar-, AirWb, cols...
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT ii. In Zoroastrian Tradition
ALEXANDER THE GREAT ii. IN ZOROASTRIAN TRADITION The heritage of the Sasanian period includes two widely divergent storylines about Alexander,…